New Delhi, June 13 -- The billboards went up across Chicago before any contract was signed, which tells you how badly the Fire want this one. Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire are pushing to sign Robert Lewandowski, the 37 year old striker who left Barcelona as a free agent this summer, in a move that would bring one of the most prolific goalscorers of his generation to the United States.

Lewandowski is available after his contract at Barcelona expired, closing a four year spell in Spain in which he kept scoring well into his thirties. He has more than 400 club goals across stops at Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona, a Champions League winner's medal and a long reign as one of the deadliest centre forwards in the world. At ...